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On November 3, the National Development and Reform Commission held a series of press conferences on advancing the "14th Five-Year Plan," introducing information on cultivating and strengthening new driving forces. Wang Ruomeng, Deputy Director of the Department of Innovation and High Technology Development of the National Development and Reform Commission, stated that there is a broad consensus in society on the coexistence of opportunities and risks in artificial intelligence. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, development and security will be coordinated, with security integrated throughout the research, application, and governance of artificial intelligence.Wang Ruomeng emphasized four key areas of work. First, improve the governance rule system, accelerate the promotion of foundational and comprehensive legislation for artificial intelligence, enhance legislation to protect common elements such as data, computing power, and algorithms, as well as to regulate key application scenarios, establish safety standards and ethical guidelines covering the entire lifecycle, and conduct periodic assessments of the implementation of these systems. Second, optimize the regulatory environment, reasonably set a transition period for regulatory policies, provide compliance guidance for applications across different industries, support the establishment of regulatory sandboxes for artificial intelligence in various fields, and improve the management mechanisms for application, testing, use, and exit.Third, clarify the collaborative governance responsibilities of government departments, industry organizations, enterprises, and the public, promote developers and operators to strengthen risk management awareness, timely disclose safety risks, and proactively report safety incidents and vulnerability information. Fourth, address the impact of artificial intelligence on society, pay attention to changes in employment structure, promote the inclusion of new professions such as model trainers and data annotators into the national occupational classification system, and strengthen monitoring and early warning of employment replacement risks; enhance traceability capabilities for issues such as algorithmic discrimination, deep forgery, and privacy breaches, while also strengthening guidance and intervention to prevent addiction and emotional dependence.

On November 3, QuestMobile released the "China Mobile Internet Autumn Report." As of September 2026, the scale of monthly active users in China's mobile internet reached 1.281 billion, a slight increase of 0.9% year-on-year; the average usage time per user in September was 189.8 hours, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%. Short drama videos and short videos have become the core sources of growth in usage time, contributing a growth rate of 111.5% as of September 2026. In that month, the total net increase in usage time for short drama video and short video apps was 13.329 billion hours and 5.717 billion hours, ranking first and second in the duration growth track, while the net increase for AIGC was 978 million hours, with the total usage time for online videos declining by 1.38 billion hours during the same period.In terms of user numbers, the top three applications within the Douyin Group in September 2026 were Douyin, Hongguo Free Short Drama, and Doubao, with deduplicated total user counts of 1.029 billion, 430 million, and 419 million respectively, with Hongguo surpassing Doubao. The top three applications in the same period last year were Douyin, Jinri Toutiao, and Douyin Lite. The user scale of the short drama video industry increased from 10 million to 400 million in less than three years, with a compound annual growth rate of 443.1%. Douyin, Kuaishou, and their lite versions occupy the top four positions in the short video industry and continue to show growth.Specifically, in September 2026, Hongguo Short Drama had 430 million monthly active users, while Hongguo Comic Drama had 7.883 million, with a year-on-year growth rate of 268.7 times. The newly launched Green Bubble Short Drama at the end of September reached 156 million monthly active users. The Hippo Theater app had 30.8 million active users in September, a year-on-year decline of 40.3%; the user volume of the top ten short drama mini-programs has exceeded that of the Hippo Theater app, with Lianqu Short Drama and Ceylon Theater having 75.17 million and 45.67 million respectively. According to iiMedia Consulting, the market size of China's micro short drama is projected to be 50.44 billion yuan in 2024, reaching 67.79 billion yuan in 2025, and expected to be 79.33 billion yuan in 2026.

According to Kommersant, the police in Ivanovo, Russia have arrested 5 men suspected of kidnapping, robbery, and stealing cryptocurrency. The suspects identified a programmer in his 20s through photos of luxury cars and trips abroad on social media, and on September 6, they kidnapped him to a garage and threatened him with violence.The suspects stole 1 million rubles in cash, an iPhone, and a MacBook, and transferred about 10.4 BTC from his cryptocurrency wallet to an unidentified address, with total losses exceeding 84 million rubles. After the incident, the victim was abandoned in the woods.The police stated that due to a drone attack, there was a network outage in the area, and the suspects switched to using regular phones to communicate, which allowed the police to intercept the calls and capture them. All 5 have prior felony convictions, and some of the stolen money has been used to purchase real estate and cars, facing up to 15 years in prison.

The Executive Director of the Investment Products Division of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, Wu Jiali, delivered a speech titled "Tokenization: Expanding the Tokenized Landscape of Hong Kong's Capital Market" at Hong Kong FinTech Week, in which she pointed out the upcoming launch of the "Innovation Pathway." This initiative aims to combine tokenized funds with digital currencies to enhance liquidity and financial management efficiency.Wu Jiali revealed that the first batch of tokenized money market funds will be traded in the secondary market on licensed trading platforms, and a tokenized gold ETF may become the next pilot project. Currently, Hong Kong has 17 approved tokenized retail products, covering money market funds, gold products, and ETFs, with a total asset management scale of 1.3 billion USD. In the medium to long term, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission will also promote tokenized assets as collateral, expand the on-chain presence of assets such as stocks and bonds, and explore the application of smart contracts in automating investment decisions and trading processes.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the USDT circulation on Tron reached 92.35 billion USD at the end of the third quarter of 2026, surpassing Ethereum's 86.69 billion USD.Tron has led since July 23 and maintained this position until the end of the quarter, with a current circulation of 94.25 billion USD.

Senior U.S. officials stated that the U.S.-Russia-Ukraine trilateral talks will involve ending the war, post-war security agreements, de-escalation of the situation, and aid measures.

a16z Chief Legal Counsel Miles Jennings posted on X that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released new FAQs that further clarify its token classification framework. He pointed out that Question 1.4 clearly states that systems can maintain decentralized governance and use legal entities such as DUNA; Question 1.5 distinguishes between licensed and unlicensed systems; and Question 1.6 clarifies the difference between "functional" and "decentralized."The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance updated the relevant Q&A on November 2. The response to Question 1.4 states that participants in a widely governed functional crypto system, if not interconnected and without formal or informal collaborative arrangements other than participating in that governance system, typically do not constitute a group of persons or entities defined as "centralized parties"; even if they do form such a group, they must still possess operational, economic, or voting control to meet the definition of "centralized parties." This conclusion also applies to cases where the governance system belongs to an organization, association, or foundation, and participation is based on holding native crypto assets.The response to Question 1.5 states that centralized party oversight of participants refers to the authority to control access to the system at the protocol, validator, or user level, such as unilaterally granting or restricting access, deciding on upgrade voting procedures, controlling who can participate in consensus, or modifying rule code, revoking transactions, and access. The response to Question 1.6 states that "functional" refers to native crypto assets being usable according to the system's programmed purposes, while "decentralized" refers to the system operating autonomously without any person, entity, or group having operational, economic, or voting control; the two are distinct concepts. The above responses represent the views of the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance and do not constitute SEC rules or statements.

According to Bloomberg, after Binance experienced a record $6.3 billion hack, it has increased incentives for some market makers trading on the platform to boost trading activity. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that shortly after the security breach, the company reached out to smaller trading firms to offer higher commissions in the spot and futures markets.Sources indicated that during this week-long initiative, so-called level 2 and level 3 market makers would receive the same commission rates as level 4 participants, which is the highest tier on the platform. The sources added that these changes are aimed at providing greater financial incentives for smaller liquidity providers to quote on the trading platform and maintain a deeper order book.According to information on its website, Binance primarily categorizes market makers into different tiers based on the liquidity they provide, with companies offering larger trading volumes qualifying for higher tiers, typically receiving larger commissions, thereby reducing their trading costs. A Binance spokesperson stated that the latest measures following the security breach help to calm the market and noted that, just as prioritizing clear communication is important, the company took immediate action to maintain its core competitive advantage in liquidity. According to data from Talos, within 24 hours after the hack, the depth of the Bitcoin order book on Binance dropped by about 30%, with the depth within a 1% price range falling from $45 million to $32 million.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the "Yes" option win rate for the sub-market "Kelly Oubre Jr.: Assists O/U 3.5" in the "Hawks vs. Pacers" event on the Polymarket has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 22.5% an hour ago to the current 47.5% (a fluctuation of 25%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Glassnode released data on social media indicating that BTC sellers have been continuously cutting losses below $80,000. Last week saw the longest duration of daily net realized losses since mid-August.The concentrated loss periods in August and September both formed at local lows. If the price can stay above $75,000, it will once again align with this pattern.

A proposal for token permissions on the XRP Ledger is expected to be activated on Wednesday. This proposal currently has the support of 33 out of 35 trusted validators.Meanwhile, a related independent proposal aimed at preventing unauthorized token holders is still under review and has not yet entered the activation phase.

The People's Bank of China, the Financial Regulatory Administration, and the China Securities Regulatory Commission held a seminar to support two tools for the capital market.The meeting proposed that to maintain the stability of the capital market and enhance market resilience and confidence, the People's Bank of China, the Financial Regulatory Administration, and the China Securities Regulatory Commission will continue to strengthen policy support, further optimize policy elements and implementation details, and encourage financial institutions to effectively utilize policy tools.Timely conduct swap facilitation operations among securities, fund, and insurance companies, further increase the number of participating institutions, appropriately lower swap rates, and optimize pledge and operational models.The stock repurchase and increase in re-lending policy will shift from a phased arrangement to a long-term institutional arrangement, with the re-lending rate reduced from 1.25% to 1%; financial institutions will adhere to the principle of market-based pricing, reasonably add points based on the re-lending rate, and increase loan disbursement.

According to Arkham monitoring, the Binance hacker address has transferred approximately 4 million dollars to three Binance deposit addresses.Arkham believes that these addresses may belong to nested services, which are third-party exchanges that use Binance to provide liquidity and custody services.

The Sun Wukong ecosystem will hold a deep roundtable discussion themed "As Web3 Enters the Revenue-Driven Era: Is the Value Logic of DeFi Changing from the JST Buyback Mechanism Upgrade to Continuous SUN Destruction?" on November 3rd at 8 PM at X Space.This event will focus on recent key developments such as the JUST upgrade of the JST buyback and destruction mechanism and the latest centralized destruction of SUN, exploring how the market's attention to token value is shifting from supply and demand relationships to the connections between real business performance, revenue sources, and token economic mechanisms. Invited industry KOLs will jointly analyze the insights these developments provide for establishing a sustainable token economic model, exploring the value logic of DeFi under a revenue-driven model, and how real business and token economics jointly influence the long-term development of the ecosystem.

According to South Korean media "The Pioneer Economy," the Financial Services Commission of South Korea urgently convened representatives from trading platforms such as Upbit, Bithumb, and Coinone on the morning of November 2 to hold a security inspection meeting. The focus was on checking each platform's preparedness for large-scale hacker attacks and the user asset protection systems.This meeting was scheduled ahead of a security inspection meeting for the entire financial industry on November 5, aimed at understanding the response measures of the South Korean cryptocurrency industry in light of the recent large-scale asset theft incident involving Binance. The meeting will also discuss proposals to increase the proportion of user assets stored in cold wallets.According to South Korea's current "Virtual Asset User Protection Act," trading platforms must store at least 80% of users' virtual assets in cold wallets that are isolated from the internet. Reports indicate that Upbit's cold wallet storage ratio exceeds 99%, Bithumb is around 94%, Coinone is about 85%, while Digital X and Gopax are just above 80%.

According to the Wall Street Journal, sources say that the United States is exploring a new agreement with Russia to deliver Russian natural gas to Europe through Ukraine. U.S. negotiators believe that gas sales provide Russian President Vladimir Putin with the incentive to agree to an energy ceasefire with Ukraine.

A White House official and two insiders revealed that the White House has been preparing for the possibility of a Democratic takeover of Congress for months, developing plans to continue advancing key parts of its agenda through executive power while also preparing for congressional investigations into the Trump administration.Three insiders stated that since April, senior officials, including White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Budget Director Russell Vought, have been working with the White House Counsel's Office to outline executive actions that Trump could take without congressional approval, covering areas such as immigration, tariffs, housing costs, and federal spending.The White House official indicated that White House Counsel Will Scharf and his team are also examining "what actions Trump can legally take on his own, in what areas he can push the boundaries of his authority, and how to defend these decisions in court."In the past month, Trump has been holding rallies across the country, trying to maintain Republican control of Congress. Meanwhile, his aides are reportedly privately beginning to prepare for a potentially very different political landscape in 2027.

Due to the recent frequent hacker attacks, the Financial Services Commission of South Korea will urgently hold a seminar on responding to AI security threats in the financial industry on November 5, chaired by Chairman Lee Ik-yeon. The meeting will be attended by Financial Supervisory Service Governor Lee Chan-jin, Financial Security Institute Director Park Sang-won, and the presidents of the five major banks: KB Kookmin Bank, Shinhan Bank, Hana Bank, Woori Bank, and NH Nonghyup Bank. The focus will be on examining the implementation of security enhancement measures following recent cyber attack incidents in the financial industry.It is reported that this meeting coincides with the expiration of the terms of the five major bank presidents on December 31, and each financial group has initiated the successor selection process. Cybersecurity and internal control capabilities may become important variables in the year-end personnel arrangements of the five major banks.